After Zhu Youxiao finished reading, everyone was immersed in a peculiar atmosphere. Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that if they made a sound, they would destroy this exciting artistic conception.

Zhang Dai was shocked by the artistic conception in the inscription, and asked after a while: "Your Majesty, where is this inscription, which sage wrote it for whom, it is so profound and unique, timeless and fresh, students want to go and pay tribute." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "I heard this from someone, and I didn't see it in person, and the person who told me is no longer there, so I don't know the name and place." ”

Zhang Dai did not doubt it, and shook his head regretfully. Zhu Youxiao didn't want them to care too much about this matter, so he hurriedly said: "I said this in the hope that when you discuss issues with me in the future, you will not think about pandering, but express your true thoughts, so that I can know what people in the world think." I just listened to everyone's opinions on "Water Margin", and it all makes sense, so I will summarize it. ”

"Overall, the book is well written, as you all just acknowledged. However, I feel that some of the ideas and opinions embodied in this book are still open for discussion. The first is the problem of indiscriminate killing of innocents, Water Margin heroes can completely ignore the well-being and even lives of others for their own everything, and kill whoever they want, all kinds of insidious and shameless means emerge in an endless stream, which will make some readers who do not have enough discernment ability affected by it, and even follow suit. ”

"The second is the problem of official coercion and civil rebellion, first of all, I sympathize with the official coercion and civil rebellion, like Lin Chong's rebellion in the Water Margin, which is indeed unfavorable to himself. But there are still many people, let's just say Song Jiang, he kills people in anger, naturally there are laws to control him, he doesn't want to be restricted by the laws, so he rebels, but no one forces him. ”

"The third is the evaluation of Song Jiang and others, if the leaders of an organization have a lot of moral stains, then the organization itself is problematic. This point should let everyone understand that the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam will be crooked, the kind of Shangguan is good, but is there a situation where the bottom is broken, yes, but it is definitely not the mainstream. The officials below are bad, so at least their superiors don't manage them well, and that's not much better. ”

"Combined with the opinions of all the Qing family just now, I have summarized these three points. Now there is a task to be handed over to you, that is, how to eliminate the bad influence of "Water Margin", I want to start from two aspects, one is to finalize "Water Margin", and several of you are responsible for reviewing and commenting on this book, so as not to affect readers with some incorrect thoughts. The second is to create more miscellaneous dramas to promote respect for life and respect for basic human ethics in order to eliminate the impact of this book. If you have any thoughts, please tell us. ”

When everyone heard this, they were a little interested. Because of the literary value of "Water Margin", everyone knows it in their hearts, and if they can comment on it and make it into a definitive version, it will leave a great reputation in history. As for the miscellaneous dramas, they happen to be the areas that these people are good at, and they are naturally interested in writing some works that can be passed on.

Feng Menglong said: "The minister has always liked the characters in Zang Wei's books, and he is willing to attach to Jiwei for commenting on "Water Margin". ”

Ling Mengchu also expressed considerable interest, but others didn't have any ideas about commenting on "Water Margin", but were quite interested in creating other scripts and miscellaneous plays.

In the end, synthesizing everyone's ideas, Feng Menglong and Ling Mengchu were responsible for commenting on "Water Margin", taking one word from each of the two names and calling them the owner of Chu Mengxuan. Others formed a literary society, Zhou Yanru nominated as Sheng'en Zhai, which was vetoed by Zhu Youxiao, and finally Zhang Dai's nomination of Sun Moon Hall was unanimously affirmed by everyone and was determined to be the name of the literary club, with Zhou Yanru as the general manager.

Zhu Youxiao said: "This literary club, everyone can widely publicize it, and there are some familiar people who are good at scripts and miscellaneous dramas can also be brought in, and it does not have to be limited to the Academy of Chinese Literature." ”

Wu Bingdao: "If Fan Wen, the former head of the Nanjing Military Department, is good at writing legends, he can enter the Sun Moon Hall. ”

Zhu Youxiao said strangely: "Before? Any job now? ”

Wu Bingdao: "Because of my father's funeral, I have gone to work and returned home. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "That's right, Wu Qing can write to him and tell him that we can publish all his works for him for free, and we can also give a certain amount of polish according to the length of the article and the number of sales." ”

Wu Bing was shocked and asked: "Free publication and return to Runbi?" Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "There will always be precedents." ”

Wu Bingdao: "Your Majesty, if there is such a good thing, there is no need to organize people to write a script and miscellaneous drama at all. When a person writes a book, his greatest wish is to be able to publish it, and there are not many people who have mortgaged their houses and borrowed money to publish the book, as long as the news is sent out in the newspaper, I don't know how many people will come with a book and a miscellaneous play. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Is this really the case? Then, according to what Wu Qing said, Sun Moon Hall only needs to select the books we need, and then review the content, and there will be a large number of books for us? ”

Everyone said, "Your Majesty, it is true. ”

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Okay, it just so happens that our printing press is experimenting, and this matter is decided." Zhou Qing, your Sun Moon Hall is specifically responsible for reviewing other people's works, first, the theme should not be too biased, second, the erotic depictions should be modest, of course, the quality of the works must be high, we will print a large number of good works together, educate the world, and lead people to goodness. ”

The newspaper published a news that the Sun Moon Hall Printing Society, led by the Daming Hanlin Academy, collected a large number of good poetry collections, scripts and miscellaneous plays across the country. The author does not need to pay for it, and a certain amount of polishing will be given according to the sale of the work. If you don't create it yourself, but it was made by your predecessors, but there is no equivalent publication on the market, you can also publish it for free by Sun Moon Hall, and pay the holder for the pen to polish it.

This news is really as Wu Bing said, for a while, a large number of scholars, with their own or other people's works, came to the capital Sun Moon Hall to ask for publication. Zhou Yanru had to borrow students from the Academy of Chinese Literature to review the manuscript, and kept urging the Ordnance Bureau to quickly launch the finished printing press.

After receiving the task of developing a printing press from Zhu Youxiao, Sun Yuanhua went to Wanshufang, the largest bookstore in Beijing, to meet with his owner and ask for Wanshufang to be bought. I don't want Wanshufang to bird him at all, so I will serve tea and send it to guests without selling it. Sun Yuanhua found Wang Chengen, and then learned that Wanshufang was the property of the British public.